It wasn't a good idea. But bad ideas have never stopped Saki before. While the biker preferred action movies this time she took the initiative to pick out a horror. There were many types to choose from. Aim for something realistic like a psychotic murderer? Or maybe something less convincingly scary and more supernatural? Nothing beats a good vampire movie, right? Or maybe even a zombie theme? The blonde glimpsed over the synopsis. Would that hit to close to home? Her eyes skimmed over another cover on Kotaro's movie shelf. Ghosts? That was a better option. A sure fire way to strike fear in their un-moving hearts. She pulled it off the shelf and presented it to the group.

Not one person seemed enthusiastic about the choice. As expected, none of them were horror fans either. "You guys scared?" She taunted when no one fell for any of her other tactics. With a sigh Ai and Sakura sat down first giving in to her request. Junko and Yugiri followed silently. What was more surprising was that Lily joined in wearing a frown.

"This might be a little too rough for you Shrimp." Lily absolutely hated horror or things that were overly violent. Her preference was family themed movies and a happy ending was a must.

Lily sat down next to the courtesan throwing the older girl a raspberry. "I know..." She muttered. The biker blinked at her response and started the movie. She plopped down between the child actress and the redhead.

They were about forty minutes into the film. It was comprised of nothing but cheap jump scares. Thankfully this motion picture had the more suspenseful type of violent instead of showing gory scenes. Every time something jumped on the screen Sakura would grab her hand. Success! Saki entwined their fingers trying to focus on that more than the film. She breathed deeply calming her breath as the main character escaped near death.

Her eyes wondered over to the others. Naturally Lily's head was turned away from the screen. Her fingers gripped the bottom of her skirt tightly. Yugiri was smoking. That wasn't a shock but normally she wasn't someone who smoked a lot at one single time. Ai kept one hand firmly on her chest. Was she trying to calm her heart? Was that really necessary? The other hand was holding on to the Showa's girl shirt. Junko had her eyes closed and her hands pressed together. Her lips were moving but the golden haired girl wasn't able to make out the words. Was she praying? The leader turned back to the screen with a frown. Roughly eighty minutes left.

The feature wasn't horrible -storyboard wise. However, an air of relief washed over them when the credits started to roll. Their greenish faces seemed rather pale now. "So...Ready for bed?"

There was a pause were all the girls sent a glare towards the blonde. Who was going to sleep after this film? Yugiri dumped the ash of her kiseru into an ash tray. The tray was at least a third full indicating quite a few refills in that one hundred twenty minutes time frame. "That's a good idea." The oldest zombie was the first up wearing a pleasant smile. Junko finished her prayers and got up to help.

Saki turned to the egghead. "Are you going to sleep tonight?"

"It was a little scary but I'll be fine." The leader frowned a little at that response and got up following after. Lily was the last one up observing the group. She was the last one to change and unroll their futon.

The biker stared up at the ceiling unable to sleep. There wasn't anything to stare up at since the light fixture was in the center of the room. After a minute she rubbed her eyes. Staring at the same spot caused a light curable strabismus. She turned her head to gaze over the others.

Sakura, Yugiri and Tae were completely asleep. Junko, Ai and Lily weren't completely out yet but seemed to be getting there. That left her as the only one fully awake. With a grunt of dismay she rolled to her side and covered her head with the blankets.

The living dead wasn't sure how much time had gone by but she wasn't any closer to sleep. "Saki, please wake up." The voice whispered with a fast shake of her shoulders. The blonde grunted and slowly opened her eyes against her will. Saki frowned, it was still dark but she saw Lily was hovering to her side.

Her glow in the dark red eyes closed again. "Let me sleep."

"May I sleep with you tonight?"

"Why?" The child whined slightly then it dawned on her why. "Afraid of the ghosts?" She snorted wearing an amused mocking face. "I told you it was too rough for you. Why pick me? I'm shocked you didn't run to Sakura's bed."

"It's your fault anyway; picking that horrid movie... Besides you could fight your way out of anything. I'd have a higher rate of survival staying close to you. 'Cause you're a brute." The biker felt a sliver of pain inside her chest.

"Hey, brat! That's not how you ask for a favor. Even I-!" The older girl shut her mouth promptly and grimaced with a scowl.

"I know. Saki is still a girl after all." Lily smiled warmly. "You're scared too." With a blush the taller idol averted her eyes towards the blanket. A look of shame was on her dishearten expression. Verbally denying it could wake the others up. The last thing she wanted to see was the child's smug face. Though she knew she deserved the little actress taunting. "I saw you flinching during the film. You were secretly hoping Sakura was more afraid then you were in order to share her bed tonight." Reluctantly she glimpsed back at the shrimp. Sure, Lily wasn't mocking her but she still felt extremely defensive. The gutsy biker had a badass reputation to defend to the death after all.

The biker growled but couldn't retort. "I don't care if you stay, just let me sleep." Without being needed to be told twice the child dove for the covers. She immediately latched onto the blonde's arm and cuddled.

The older woman didn't want to admit it. Having Lily nearby helped her calm. The goose bumps on her arms disappeared. The fear in her chest slowly died out. If Lily felt safe there was no reason for her not to.

Lily fell asleep rather quickly. Her body stilled to its 'near death' state. The older girl took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Sleep had finally claimed her. Her head fell to the side resting her chin on the child's head.

A/N: Who comforted who?